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13 and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord (A)and the treasures of the king's house, (B)and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, (C)which Solomon king of Israel had made, (D)as the Lord had foretold.

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13 (A)And the pillars (B)of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and (C)the stands and (D)the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 (E)And they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service, 15 the firepans also and the bowls. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver. 16 As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, (F)the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. 17 (G)The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits,[a] and on it was a capital of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits. A latticework and pomegranates, all of bronze, were all round the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with the latticework.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:17 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimetres